111: General Chemistry I serves as foundation courses for the
areas of physical, analytical, inorganic, organic, and biochemistry. Emphasis
will be placed on the topics of atomic structure, periodicity, stoichiometry,
bonding, thermochemistry, kinetics, equilibria and electrochemistry. The
companion laboratories focus on standard and instrumental laboratory
methodologies with experiments chosen to illustrate key topics from lecture. (4 hr)

Chemistry 112: General Chemistry II

112: General Chemsity II serve as foundation courses for the
areas of physical, analytical, inorganic, organic, and biochemistry. Emphasis
will be placed on the topics of atomic structure, periodicity, stoichiometry,
bonding, thermochemistry, kinetics, equilibria and electrochemistry. The
companion laboratories focus on standard and instrumental laboratory
methodologies with experiments chosen to illustrate key topics from lecture. (4 hr)

201: Topics in Neuroscience is a seminar-style course team taught each semester by the neuroscience faculty, explores in detail a particular topic in the
field through reading and discussion of recent published reports. Neuroscience
majors must take the course three times. (1 hr)

Neuroscience 305: Cognitive Neuroscience

305: Cognitive Neuroscience is a junior level introduction to human
cognition from neuroscientific and evolutionary perspectives. Students will
begin by learning the historical and philosophical antecedents of the field.
Students will then develop an understanding and appreciation for cognition
and research methodology in the field; topics include perception, attention,
memory, language, brain organization and plasticity, and the problem of
consciousness. Prerequisites: Biology 112 and Psychology 281. (3 hr)

Neuroscience 308: Neuroscience Practicum

308: Neuroscience Practicum is a “real world” introduction to current
research topics in the discipline. Students conduct several laboratory projects
in this course. They also attend the annual meeting of the Society for
Neuroscience or a regional neuroscience conference and report on their
experience. Prerequisite: junior standing and permission of instructor. (1 hr)

Neuroscience 407:Neuroscience Reseach I

Neuroscience 408: Neuroscience Research II

Neuroscience 409: Neuroscience Research III

407, 408, 409: Neuroscience Research I, II, III a three semester
sequence of courses in an independent study program designed to provide
opportunities to practice inquiry and discovery while intensively investigating
a fundamental problem in neuroscience. In the first semester, students search
the current scientific literature related to their topic and prepare a review
paper and a research proposal. During the senior year, the students conduct an
original investigation and produce both a scientific paper and an oral
presentation. They also present a poster at the Annual Science Poster Session. (I = 3 hr) (II & III = 2 hr)

Choose 3 of the following:

Neuroscience 386: Neuropharmacology

386: Neuropharmacology provides basic explanations concerning how
drugs act in the brain. The primary focus will be at the cell/molecular level
with a lesser focus on the effects at the organismal level. Prerequisites: Biology
107, 112, 226, Chemistry 111, 112. (4 hr)

Psychology 361: Sensation and Perception

361: Sensation and Perception surveys the relationship between the various
sensory modalities and behavior. The emphasis is on the interaction between
such variables as basic sensory neurophysiology, environmental factors,
personal experiences, and the ultimate process of perception. Includes a lab.
Prerequisite: 101, 151. (4 hr)

Psychology 381: Advanced Psychobiology

381: Advanced Psychobiology explores the relationship between
physiological and psychological response. Central control of neuromuscular,
autonomic and endocrinological systems is examined and topics such as
emotions and the effects of psychoactive drugs are covered. Includes a lab.
Prerequisite: 101,151. (4 hr)